This is really cool :-) a place to learn about the hardware involved (nooo, I'm not a junkie...). Thanks Bruce for giving us all that information. Currently I'm trying to have a glimpse at the servers... running Firefox, so I'll try downloading a bit of the video then opening it. Can't wait ;-)
Bear in mind that their is alot of interest in this, and only four seats to view from. No doubt the project staff will be using them too... :-)
Mind you, with a webcam, you don't have to ask someone in front to sit down!
It's thus likely that any viewer you choose is going to bounce on connection & perhaps not with a clear error message.
Still, be patient, and if you succeed be polite and don't linger too long. If you want a memento ( I did ) take a screen/frame shot. With Windows systems, go to full screen with your viewer ( most allow this ) and hit the 'PRNT SCRN' key on your keyboard. This will pop it into the 'clipboard', so you can go to say Paint, 'Paste' it and then save to file on disk in some format.
Cheers, Mike.
Perhaps someone can post the result of this snapshot???
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If you want a memento ( I did ) take a screen/frame shot. With Windows systems, go to full screen with your viewer ( most allow this ) and hit the 'PRNT SCRN' key on your keyboard. This will pop it into the 'clipboard', so you can go to say Paint, 'Paste' it and then save to file on disk in some format.
Perhaps someone can post the result of this snapshot???
Regards,
Bert
OK, I did a screen capture this morning (different method, but same idea). Here is the result, somewhat squeezed in the jpeg creationg process--but looks very similar to the original.
The two racks in the middle left with lots of blinking blue lights are the Einstein@Home servers. There are six 5U machines (each with 24 disks). These are (1) database server (2) project server (3) file server. All machines are duplicated in the second rack, to give us some hardware redundancy. At the base of the racks are the four UPS power supplies (each of the machines has four indepdendent power supplies, each connected to a different UPS).
I think that the webcam can only handle four connections at a time, so please disconnect after a couple of minutes of spying!
Cheers,
Bruce
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Dear Bruce,
Thanks for satisfying some of our curiosity. By the way,
-1- what is the somewhat mobile white object in the lower right corner of the view,
-2- do operators occasionally show up in the field of view.
Sorry to bother you with such unimportant questions. With best regards, Jean.
Dear Bruce,
Thanks for satisfying some of our curiosity. By the way,
-1- what is the somewhat mobile white object in the lower right corner of the view,
-2- do operators occasionally show up in the field of view.
Sorry to bother you with such unimportant questions. With best regards, Jean.
The white object is the corner of an LCD monitor. It's tied down to a small Ikea table with wheels, and there is also a keyboard tied down to the table. We call it the 'crash cart'. Typically if a machine is having problems, we will roll the crash cart over to it, and plug in the keyboard and monitor to help fix it.
Yes, from time to time you will see David Hammer and others working on the computers. David and I are still having some problems with our main file server, and I think we may switch machines to the backup file server to try and fix these problems. If that happens, the project will go offline for a while and you'll see David working on the racks.
This is really cool :-) a
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This is really cool :-) a place to learn about the hardware involved (nooo, I'm not a junkie...). Thanks Bruce for giving us all that information. Currently I'm trying to have a glimpse at the servers... running Firefox, so I'll try downloading a bit of the video then opening it. Can't wait ;-)
RE: Bear in mind that their
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Perhaps someone can post the result of this snapshot???
Regards,
Bert
Somnio ergo sum
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On my mac, I use a tool called djoPlayer and use the 'Open URL' menu item with http://nemocam.phys.uwm.edu/img/video.asf.
Cheers,
Bruce
Director, Einstein@Home
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OK, I did a screen capture this morning (different method, but same idea). Here is the result, somewhat squeezed in the jpeg creationg process--but looks very similar to the original.
one screen capture of the Einstein server web cam
(edited to change the img reference to a url--click if you want to see it, rather than loading up the thread forever)
The two racks in the middle
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The two racks in the middle left with lots of blinking blue lights are the Einstein@Home servers. There are six 5U machines (each with 24 disks). These are (1) database server (2) project server (3) file server. All machines are duplicated in the second rack, to give us some hardware redundancy. At the base of the racks are the four UPS power supplies (each of the machines has four indepdendent power supplies, each connected to a different UPS).
I think that the webcam can only handle four connections at a time, so please disconnect after a couple of minutes of spying!
Cheers,
Bruce
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Dear Bruce,
Thanks for satisfying some of our curiosity. By the way,
-1- what is the somewhat mobile white object in the lower right corner of the view,
-2- do operators occasionally show up in the field of view.
Sorry to bother you with such unimportant questions. With best regards, Jean.
RE: Dear Bruce, Thanks for
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The white object is the corner of an LCD monitor. It's tied down to a small Ikea table with wheels, and there is also a keyboard tied down to the table. We call it the 'crash cart'. Typically if a machine is having problems, we will roll the crash cart over to it, and plug in the keyboard and monitor to help fix it.
Yes, from time to time you will see David Hammer and others working on the computers. David and I are still having some problems with our main file server, and I think we may switch machines to the backup file server to try and fix these problems. If that happens, the project will go offline for a while and you'll see David working on the racks.
Cheers,
Bruce
Director, Einstein@Home
Nice setup :) Where do i get
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Nice setup :) Where do i get one that big lol